{"id":319529,"date":"2026-02-20T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/drone-pilot-team-to-track-illegal-rubbish-dumpers\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:00:06","slug":"drone-pilot-team-to-track-illegal-rubbish-dumpers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/drone-pilot-team-to-track-illegal-rubbish-dumpers\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone pilot team to track illegal rubbish dumpers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/pAwOgPb1Kgg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Drone pilot team to track illegal rubbish dumpers\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pAwOgPb1Kgg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Environment Agency has announced that a team of 33 trained drone pilots will be used to track illegal dumping and bring people responsible for waste crime to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Illegal dumping has escalated in recent years, with high-profile illegal tips provoking public anger, including the 150-metre-long dump near the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire and a 30,000-tonne heap in the protected area of Hoads Wood in Kent.<\/p>\n<p>The government has been criticised for failing to clear sites and prosecute those responsible and it increased the Environment Agency\u2019s budget for waste crime enforcement by more than 50 per cent this year to \u00a315.6 million.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Environment Agency has announced that a team of 33 trained drone pilots will be used to track illegal dumping and bring people responsible for waste crime to justice. 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